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and is compliant withIntel OPS, which greatly in Russia and the CIS: our solutions are highly tool for distance education, which is becoming
simplifies the assembly and maintenance of the appreciated by experts in the world market. more popular every year.”
and scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass© AG. complex as a whole, while a large selection of We’re glad we have found ways of long-term According to Polymedia, Flipbox Software
This allows Polymedia to reduce the
inputs and outputs make it easy to use Flipbox multi-media collaboration and are confident that Suite with integrated TrueConf Online cloud
distance between the stylus and the sensor, with other integrated solutions.
it will be fruitful and efficient for our customers.”
services and new Flipbox 65UHD Display is
which, in turn, increases the response speed Polymedia CEO Elena Novikova says: TrueConf Business Development Director now available for pre-order and will be officially
and significantly improves the ability to work “Polymedia and TrueConf are longtime players Dmitry Odintsov adds: “This collaboration
released on September 17 2014. The owners of
in “Drawing” mode. The newFlipbox UHD in the Russian IT and AVmarket, sharing a will provide modern video communication to previous models will receive their updates after
has a new Surface Light Wavesensor able to similar attitude and vision for the development Polymedia’s Flipbox users, while Flipbox and the delivery of the new Flipbox.
detect six touches at once. The new model of Russian domestic technologies.
TrueConf Online integration for education More at www.polymedia.ru and www.
also has a computer installed in a special slot
“Both companies are recognized not only
transforms any intelligent display into a powerful
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Firms must have BYOD policy or
If she dials 911,
will the critical help she risk major security breaches,

needs be able to find her?
cautions ITC Infotech

A
s BYOD uptake continues to accelerate, with the potential cost to their business far
companies must implement policy to outweighing the savings. There are many
handle security and privacy concerns solutions available, but we see many companies
before it’s too late failing to implement a clear policy on keeping
Device and data security will assume critical track of work devices. This hinders them
significance for companies adopting a bring you from acting quickly to prevent breaches,” adds
own device (BYOD) policy, especially with nearly Garewal.
50 per cent of companies having reported lost Apart from security, companies also face
mobile handsets in the last year. According to IT risk of a different kind if they fail to set a clear
services specialist ITC Infotech, lack of a stringent boundary between the personal and business
BYOD policy can lead to the risk of a major functions on a BYOD device. Many businesses
security breach.
erase personal information along with work data
Recent research from Samsung[1] found that 47 when wiping or locking a device for security.
per cent of UK companies had a work handset lost or stolen in the last 12 months. Almost a third (30 This is almost an open invitation to potential legal action. ITC Infotech has also found that
per cent) of CTOs were however unaware of the businesses often fail to track ‘unofficial’ BYOD
number. Alongside this, a global survey of CIOs devices that have remote access, creating further
by leading analyst Gartner found that as many of complications for lost devices or when employees
38 per cent of companies plan to stop providing leave the company.
their workforce with devices at all by 2016[2].
Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) on the
“Laptops, mobiles and tablets can cost many other hand, offers an increasingly popular
hundreds of pounds per year for each employee, solution to both security and personal data
so BYOD has become very attractive. However, concerns. This ensures that full ownership of
far from enjoying flexibility and lower costs, the device is retained by the company. This
companies that rush into BYOD without a eliminates any uncertainty in safeguarding
strong policy face considerable risks,” comments information on the device, whilst still allowing Don’t compromise Our E911 solutions
Hardeep Singh Garewal, President – European for user freedom in choice and application.
Operations, ITC Infotech.
Garewal adds: “While CYOD means the your employees’ help 911 callers get
A Freedom of Information Act request from company must ultimately foot the bill for
the assistance they
security software vendor McAfee[3] discovered the device overhead and support, the level of safety.
need − fast.
that 15,000 mobile phones were reported lost on control and assured visibility vastly simplifies
the London Underground in 2013 alone. Only issues around privacy and security. However,
around 2,000 of these were eventually returned. Larger devices also proved to be at risk, with 506 whether they use BYOD or CYOD, companies encouraging flexible working must ensure they The E911 Experts
tablets and a further 528 laptops also reported lost.
are prepared to deal with imminent risks, or 911Enable.com
“For unprepared companies, a lost or stolen spend all of their time fire-fighting to avoid major 1-877-862-2835
device represents a catastrophic security risk,
crises.”
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